Our Work

EIS-AFRICA’s role as Africa’s representative on continent wide and Global initiatives is demand driven and continuously expanding. Activities include:

Partners

American Association of Geographers

Official Partner

US State Department

Regional distribution of LandSat Imagery

Memberships

CODATA

Member of Global Roads

GGIM

Member of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM) which aims at setting up formal mechanisms for better coordination of UN geospatial activities.

GEO/GEOSS

Membership of the Group on Earth Observation

US State Department

Executive Member of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Committee on Development Information, Science and Technology

Contributions

AMCEN

Supporting the African Ministers of Environment for more than a decade developing the African Environmental Outlook (with UNEP DEWA) and the African Environmental Information Network.

WRI

Contributor to the World Resources Review and Report

WSIS

Supporting the World Summit on Information Society and promoting the use of geo-spatial information for sustainable development.

WSSD

Supporting the World Summit of Sustainable Development – Johannesburg with regard to Agenda 21, this highlights the need to promote the use of geo-information. EIS-AFRICA put forward a position paper titled, “Geo-information Supports Decision-making in Africa.”

Supporting the World Summit of Sustainable Development – Johannesburg with regard to Agenda 21, this highlights the need to promote the use of geo-information. EIS-AFRICA put forward a position paper titled, “Geo-information Supports Decision-making in Africa.”